Depressive symptoms predict inflexibly high levels of experiential avoidance in response to daily negative affect: A daily diary study

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 676-681

  Shahar, Ben ^a   Herr, Nathaniel R ^b  

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Emotion regulation; Experiential avoidance; Negative affect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DAILY DIARY DESIGN; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; EXPERIENTIAL AVOIDANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEGATIVE AFFECT; STUDY DESIGN; SYMPTOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECORDS AS TOPIC; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052348079     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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